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and Nina Loeseth is out ! wow

Poland on points !

yep, when 32 will gain points, CRO is 33rd

Jelinková and Nevena tied 26th right now +

Alex Tilley 12th. may be very interesting points for GBR

and Baud Mugnier 3rd

and now Erin Mielszynski with 2nd fastest qualifier wow

Melanie Meillard

1. Thats really great, I´m really happy for you 2. Long live to Google Translator 3.

Veronika Velez-Zuzulová started to train on snow last week after almost two months focusing on physical trainings in gym, finally received approvement from her doc to start skiing. Still don´t know when she will enter the competitions, but she said she is doing everything to be ready on that 2018 St. Valentines Day From yesterdays training in Courchevel

Great pictures buddy looks you passed some great moments last weeks. what about your trip to PyeongChang ?

Three players from our team preparing for the U20 Ice Hockey world championships in Buffalo, USA, missed the team´s bus departure for training, so therefore they were punished. And the punishment ? They had to sing in front of the whole team during the dinner . well, thanks god they play hockey instead

Road to 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Exhibition Games Denmark - Switzerland 2-1 After OT (*played 17th December 2017) Sweden - Denmark 13-1 (*played 18th December 2017)

Start list for the parallel slalom qualification.http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2018/AL/5154/2018AL5154SLR0.pdf 1 single run, top 32 will qualify. at least this is what is written in the rules http://www.fis-ski.com/mm/Document/documentlibrary/AlpineSkiing/10/47/94/Rulesforparalleleventswithqualificationrun-PSLorPGS_29.11.2017_Neutral.pdf

Olympic channel released a video of all 33 Slovak Olympic medals the video : https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/playback/slovakias-olympic-history-compilation/

ROAD TO PYEONGCHANG December 2017 International Break Review ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Russians impress in Finland Host comes second in Olympic warm-up Russia’s women tuned up for their Olympic campaign with victory in a five-nation Pre-Olympic tournament in Finland over the weekend. Alexei Chistyakov’s team won three out of four games in Rauma, only losing out in a dead rubber against the host nation on the final day. The Red Machine made short work of Sweden in its opening game, easing to a 4-1 victory after Valeria Pavlova scored twice in the first six minutes. Pavlova went on to finish with three goals in the tournament, second only to Sweden’s Hanna Olsson in the scoring charts. Next, Chistyakov’s team recorded a 3-1 success over Germany before a tight battle against Japan was decided by Nina Pirogova’s second-period goal. The Finns, defeated by Sweden earlier in the competition, needed a regulation-time win over Germany to keep the tournament alive going into the final day’s play, but tied 2-2 before claiming a shootout success. That didn’t stop the host picking itself up and blanking Russia in the final game of the tournament. A shutout from Noora Raty and a lively performance from the Finnish offence secured a 3-0 victory with goals from Michelle Karvinen, Linda Valimaki and Noora Tulus. That gave Finland second place overall, with Sweden one point further back in third. Germany’s shootout win over Japan helped to condemn the Japanese to last place in the group. Olsson topped the scoring with 6 (4+2) points, ahead of Pavlova. Finland’s Jenni Hiirikoski also picked up four points, while Karvinen got three from just two games. Olympic preparations will continue in December for Russia and Japan: the two nations are set to play a pair of exhibition matches in the Far East on 24 and 25 December. Switzerland, inspired by goalie Florence Schelling, enjoyed an impressive victory in a Four Nations tournament in the Czech Republic. The Swiss gave up just one goal in three games, with Schelling repelling 96.43% of the shots she faced as her team showed its strength ahead of February’s action in Korea. Switzerland began with a 2-0 win over Norway thanks to goals from Alina Muller and Evelina Raselli. Three first period goals set up a 4-0 victory against France in the second game, and it wasn’t until early in the second period of game three that Schelling was finally beaten. Klara Hymlarova scored for the Czechs, but could not prevent a 3-1 loss. Muller finished the event with three goals from three games, Laura Benz had 1+2 and Phoebe Staenz contributed a trio of assists. The other three nations, none of which will be involved in Korea, proved evenly matched and finished the tournament tied on three points. Norway enjoyed the biggest win, shooting down the Czechs 5-2 with Andrea Dalen contributing 1+2. But it also suffered a 3-1 loss against France, with Emmanuelle Passard scoring twice as the French recovered from losing an early goal. The home team enjoyed its only victory of the event on the opening day, edging France 2-1. Alena Polenska snapped a 1-1 tie midway through the third period; Hymlarova had an assist on the winning goal.

ROAD TO PYEONGCHANG December 2017 International Break Review ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Russia wins on home ice Czechs missed one point for Channel One Cup Host Russia won the last big men’s senior tournament before the 2018 Olympic Winter Games with the six-team Channel One Cup in Moscow. With Canada ambitious to test its European-based players, the event was extended to six teams like the Karjala Tournament in Helsinki once month earlier with the addition of Canada and Olympic host Korea. However, it was the four traditional “Euro Hockey Tour” nations that occupied the top-four spots in Moscow with the hosts leading the way thanks to a clean record of three regulation-time wins. It didn’t start that well though at the VTB Ice Palace that was built for the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. Fredrik Pettersson gave Sweden the lead in the countries’ first game but Russia fought back and Sergei Kalinin tied the game in the first period before Vyacheslav Voinov in the second and Nikita Gusev with a penalty shot in the third period made it a 3-1 victory. In a much-anticipated game by the sell-out crowd of 12,680 fans Russia blanked Canada 2-0 on Saturday. The Canadians, many of them from clubs in the Russian-based KHL, dominated the game for two periods and had a 38-20 shot-on-goal advantage during 60 minutes. However, Vasili Koshechkin had a strong night in the net and in the third period Nikita Nesterov broke the deadlock with his power-play goal before Sergei Plotnikov scored the second goal for Russia. The Czechs also started with two wins, 3-2 in overtime against Finland in a game that was played in front of 16,227 fans in Prague before settling over to Moscow, and 4-1 against Canada. On Sunday a 4-1 win against Sweden meant the Czechs were leading with eight points and Russia would need a regulation-time win in the last game of the tournament against Finland to claim the tournament win. A strong start with goal from Sergei Andronov and Maxim Shalunov gave Russia the sought-after cushion in a 3-0 win. Valeri Nichushkin scored the last goal with 17 seconds left into the empty net. The lost point in the overtime win on the opening day cost the Czechs the tournament win who had to settle for second place and had the top-four point scorers of the tournament with Martin Erat (2+3=5), Vojtech Mozik (2+2=4), Martin Ruzicka (3+0=3) and Michal Repik (3+0=3). Finland, Sweden and Canada followed in the standings with each having earned one victory in three games. Newcomer Korea, which for the first time played a tournament at this level, finished in last place. Their tightest game was a 4-2 loss against Canada on the first day after a first-period 2-1 lead thanks to two goals from Sangwook Kim before the Canadians turned the game with second-period markers from Marc-Andre Gragnani and Wojtek Wolski. Russia’s Koshechkin was named Best Goaltender of the tournament after a 98.36 save percentage from his two starts against Sweden and Canada. Ilya Sorokin played Russia’s last game earning a shutout. His teammate Voinov was named Best Defenceman and the Best Forward award went to Korean player Kisung Kim. Full Results HERE For Russia it was a “double win” during the weekend as their B squad played at the MECA Hockey Games where they beat host Norway 4-3 in overtime, Slovakia 3-2 in overtime and France 3-1. Defenceman Mikhail Naumenkov was the top scorer for his team with three points (2+1). Slovakia’s Tomas Surovy (1+3) and Andrej Kudrna (3+0) led the tournament in scoring. Norway’s Olimb brothers Mathis (2+1) and Ken Andre (1+2) also notched three points. Slovakia finished the events in second place thanks to wins against France (4-2) and host Norway with Kudrna notching the shootout winner after a scoreless game. Host Norway was third while France didn’t earn any points. Full Results HERE Two back-to-back games were played in Belarus where the hosts blanked Kazakhstan 3-0 before winning the second match 2-1 after a Viktor Turkin overtime goal.

Stage 12 in Courchevel (FRA) December 19th, 2017 Giant Slalom Womens (3/9) 1. Mikaela Shiffrin 2:02.40, 2. Tessa Worley 2:03.39 and 3. Manuela Moelgg 2:03.41 Full Results HERE Video Highlights

Stage 11 in Alta Badia (ITA) December 18th, 2017 Parallel Giant Slalom Mens (4/8) 1. Matts Olsson , 2. Henrik Kristoffersen and 3. Marcel Hirscher Full Results HERE Video Highlights

in the start list of tomorrows World Cup Giant Slalom race in Courchevel https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=AL&raceid=90988 First ever Womens world cup race for Madagascar, Until now only Mathieu Razanakolona competed among mens in Schladming´s Slalom in 2006, when he was Disqualified in 1st run

This is how the Hockey jerseys of Russia will looks, just waiting for the final approval of IOC

This is how the Hockey jerseys of Russia will looks, just waiting for the final approval of IOC

Probably Slovakia will have 5 athletes in PyeongChang. 3 of them are already officially qualified. Jozef Ninis in the men´s Singles and the pair Marek Solčanský/Karol Stuchlák in the men´s doubles event. But very likely we will receive 2 more quotas for the young Šimoňák sibs. Jakub Šimoňák as our second competitor in the mens singles thanks his placement in the reduced qualifying ranking, and his sister Katarína Šimoňáková in the women´s singles. She did not achieved the qualifying standards, but apparently she will receive a invitational quota for the women´s single in order to form a team relay. FIL will add individual quotas for the nations aspiring for the team´s relay but missing 1 quota, and as I´ve read from the quote of the general secretary of our Luge federation, There Strong rumors that FIL will give these quotas to only 2 nations to Czech Republic and Slovakia. The final confirmation is expected at the beginning of this week. Here the source in SVK https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/311271/sankovanie-v-pjongcangu-by-malo-startovat-pat-slovakov/?AT=wgt.hp_hp-mohlobyvaszaujimat.c.x...B.1

Highlights of Slovak matches in Hamar Slovakia - Norway 1-0 After GWS Slovakia - Russia "B" 2-3 After OT Slovakia - France 4-2 TBA Soon